Logistics news and trends

FedEx Teams With Blue Yonder on ‘Box-Free’ Returns Program

March 25, 2025
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Ordoro Integrates Logistics and Inventory Management Platform With Mirakl Marketplaces
eCommerce // March 21, 2025

Online merchants selling on Mirakl marketplaces can now sync orders, manage inventory and automate fulfillment through Ordoro. This capability follows the integration of Ordoro’s eCommerce logistics and inventory management platform with Mirakl’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for marketplace and dropship platforms, Ordoro said in a Friday...

Amazon and Walmart Go Head-to-Head Over Logistics and AI
Retail // March 21, 2025

Tariff pressures are squeezing the retail and eCommerce sectors. What are the two behemoths dominating the space, Walmart and Amazon, doing in response? The answer, according to the news this week, is doubling down on technology to enhance operational efficiency and making calculated moves to...

Global Shipping Slowdown Anything but Smooth Sailing for FedEx
Shipping // March 20, 2025

It’s been a bumpy ride for transportation and logistics company FedEx. For decades, the shipper has been a bellwether of global commerce, its earnings serving as a barometer for supply chain health and business confidence. But on Thursday (March 20), for a third consecutive quarter,...

60% of Treasurers See Role as Financial GPS for Transportation Sector
Transportation // March 12, 2025

Transportation businesses rely on roadmaps, so why are they ignoring their treasury teams? Despite their role in managing cash flow, liquidity planning and risk mitigation, today’s transportation treasurers can often find themselves sidelined from strategic decision making. This oversight is not just a missed opportunity;...

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Amazon and Walmart Go Head-to-Head Over Logistics and AI

March 21, 2025
Tariff pressures are squeezing the retail and eCommerce sectors. What are the two behemoths dominating the space, Walmart and Amazon, doing in response? The answer, according to the news this week, is doubling down on technology to enhance operational efficiency and making calculated moves to capture new markets in the face of ongoing uncertainty. Artificial […]

60% of Treasurers See Role as Financial GPS for Transportation Sector

March 12, 2025
Transportation businesses rely on roadmaps, so why are they ignoring their treasury teams? Despite their role in managing cash flow, liquidity planning and risk mitigation, today’s transportation treasurers can often...

Vehicle Transport Startup Targets Industry’s Service Reliability Problem

February 12, 2025
Getting from point A to point B is the name of the game for the vehicle transportation space. Ironically, however, that journey can be one frequently bogged down by inefficiencies...

Can Delivery Robots Solve Last-Mile Logistics Issues?

February 03, 2025
Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani envisions autonomous delivery robots transforming urban logistics by optimizing the pickup and delivery of food and other products to lower the cost of last-mile delivery...

Quick Reads
FedEx Teams With Blue Yonder on ‘Box-Free’ Returns Program

March 25, 2025
FedEx introduced a service to make it easier for customers to send in returns. Beginning this summer, FedEx Easy Returns will allow customers to access a “low-cost, box- and label-free returns solution” in partnership with supply chain management company Blue Yonder, according to a Tuesday (March 25) news release. Customers can return items without needing […]

Ordoro Integrates Logistics and Inventory Management Platform With Mirakl Marketplaces

March 21, 2025
Online merchants selling on Mirakl marketplaces can now sync orders, manage inventory and automate fulfillment through Ordoro. This capability follows the integration of Ordoro’s eCommerce logistics and inventory management platform...

Dexterity Raises $95 Million to Develop ‘Physical AI’ for Robots

March 11, 2025
Dexterity raised $95 million in additional funding to accelerate its development of “Physical AI,” which it defines as artificial intelligence that powers robots to do physical tasks. “Dexterity’s ‘AI of...

Freightos Adds Index Linking Tool to Freight Booking Platform

February 18, 2025
Freightos expanded the capabilities of its digital freight booking and payment platform by adding a tool that enables dynamic contract pricing that automatically adjusts to market fluctuations. The new Freightos...